March 17, 2011

McAlister's Deli Game Summary - Week 4

Team 2 – 52
Team 1 – 45

Team 2 felt like they should have beaten Team 1 in their first match up of the season back in week 1. On Tuesday, they were determined to prove all of their critics wrong. Many experts said that a team led by Edmound Elzy couldn’t win. That Alex Montagano would demand too many shots. That Rob Laycock is really just a racquetball player pretending to be a basketball player. That Dave Neff refuses to play for fear of messing up his hair on a game day. Tuesday night, Team 2 put many of those stereotypes to rest once and for all. They proved that they are contenders for the championship this season by decisively beating arguably the best team in the league 52-45. A very balanced scoring attack in which all 6 of their players scored 6 points or more showed that they are not the one dimensional “sit around and watch Elzy go 1 on 5” team anymore. In past, the late 2nd half run that was led by John Griffin would have sent this into dismay. However, the were able to hold their composer and fend off Team 1 giving them their first loss of the season.

“Let’s be honest here, I’m only about 25% interested in this league right now. I really just play so I don’t have to sit back in the video room and listen to Hasen re-live how he missed a game wining jump shot in the PFOL 1 Finals back in the day”, said John Griffin. “We’ll see what happens when we get in the playoffs”.

Rob Laycock took home player of the week honors for his all around effort as he filled up the stat sheet. He had a career high 10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks and 3 steals. But really it was his constant yelling out of the score that played the biggest factor as he helped correct the score on several occasions. “He has been invaluable to me as we sit over there and keep score and stats” said PFOL score keeper Lauren Hyde. “Usually Alex Montagano or Sam Elmore is standing right in front of us and we can’t see a thing. But we know we can always count on Rob to yell out the score”.

Laycock had a brief scare in the first half as he had a hard time controlling a cut on his knee. Blood poured from his knee for almost a half hour before he realized it. “I started to get light headed and then I looked down and my leg was covered in blood”, said Laycock. “I sustained this injury a few months ago playing with a bunch of high school freshman at the Jordan YMCA. It just has never healed since that game and I must have cracked it open again, but it was well worth it. I killed those kids at the YMCA”.

This is Laycock’s 2nd season in PFOL and he has self appointed himself the “Glue” to this team. “I just try and do all the little things to help our team win” said Laycock.
“I don’t care what he does or what he calls himself as long as he passes me the rock”, said Captain Edmound Elzy.
Team 2 can secure a playoff berth with a victory on Friday vs Team 4.



Team 4 – 64
Team 3 - 56

Team 3 dropped to 0-4 on Tuesday as they lost to Team 4 for the second time this season. With only 2 games left in the regular season Team 3’s playoffs hopes seem slim to none. They would need to win their remaining 2 games and have Team 2 lose their last 2 games. In addition, Team 2 would have to lose to Team 3 by more than 3 points when they face each other during the last game of the season next week.

Richie Smith led the way for Team 4 with 22 points. He connected on 6 of 9 three pointers and grabbed 6 rebounds. Nathan Burger chipped in with 16 points as he continues to vie for the “Most Improved” player award. Alan Mowrey dished out a season high 10 assist and raised his assist to turnover ratio to 4-3 in the process.

“I really just can’t wait for the off season. This has been a horrible experience”, said Troy Brokl.

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